Airbus Pioneer Day
the mobile PC at the heart of the safety system
On September 11, 2022, Airbus Helicopters gathered its employees and partners at its Marignane site for Pioneer Day.
Onet's challengen charge of security and hospitality?
Managing an event attended by tens of thousands of people at a listed production site close to an airport! Onet's response was to provide 377 staff, including 140 for security, and a mobile PC solution .
- Saturday, January 07, 2023
- - Safety and welcome
Ensuring the smooth flow of 40,000 people, maintaining an optimum level of security on a huge and sensitive site, monitoring protected access: the Airbus Pioneer Day was all about security. Onet's teams were asked to provide security and hospitality for this event, which takes place every 10 years, and they rose to the challenge! The 377 employees had to welcome the guests, guide them and ensure security in the vicinity of an airport.
The mobile PC to complete the security system
"On this sensitive site, under the Vigipirate plan, with helicopter demonstrations generating crowd movements, we had to propose a very important human device that we wanted to reinforce with an innovative technological device", summarizes Claude Defarges, Director of Operations at Onet.
"In this context, the mobile PC solution has enabled us to strengthen surveillance and better prevent hazards.
Particularly useful for large-scale events, the mobile security center consists ofa vehicle equipped with video surveillance cameras, some of which are positioned on an 8-meter mast.
Inside the vehicle, one or more agents view a given area in real time, zooming in if necessary. In the event of a problem, it alerts the mobile intervention agents, who can intervene as quickly as possible.
Over 6 months of preparation
In order to increase responsiveness, these interventions have to be carefully prepared. " Preparation is the key to success: we have distributed to our teams a book of detailed instructions for each zone and each agent, " explains Claude Defarges.
"The logistical anticipation work was important: we prepared the outfits, organized the shuttles and parking very precisely in advance so that everything ran smoothly on D-day."
It took six months to recruit the teams, manage the authorizations and organize the event. "Thanks to this foresight and the remarkable dedication of our staff, the day went off without a hitch: with the Olympics just a year and a half away, we demonstrated our expertise in large-scale events."
3 questions to Claude Defarges, Director of Operations, on product innovations at Onet
How long have you been developing technological innovations at Onet?
We've been using technology to back up our safety devices for a long time, and more recently we've been developing our own innovations. In 2020, we set up an innovation unit with one person dedicated to creating tailor-made solutions for our customers, in collaboration with our technology partners.
What products does your innovation unit work on?
We develop aerial drones and autonomous ground robots. The drone and robot enable us to film surveillance zones that are difficult to access, particularly on industrial sites. In terms of communication, we are improving systems to facilitate on-site exchanges and host computerized logs. Finally, we're thinking about new mobility solutions, such as electric scooters.
How are security professions evolving in this context of technological innovation?
These innovations represent a turning point in our profession. The security guard also becomes a drone pilot, setting the circuits for his robot's rounds. Their skills are growing, and they can concentrate on viewing images and making decisions. We'll always need him: the basis of security is to reinforce the vision of operations, so as to have the maximum amount of information at our disposal and make the right decisions.
The Exosphere solution
The Mobile PC can also be fitted with a tethered balloon equipped with video surveillance, to become the Exosphere device. The balloon can reach heights of up to 150m, enabling surveillance of a very large area.